WASHINGTON — Mayor de Blasio may not comprehend Hillary Rodham Clinton’s political “vision” now, but he was praising her “progressive policies” when he ran her campaign for the US Senate in 2000.

“The mayor has clearly tapped into a national network of well-funded right-wing donors intent on keeping Hillary Clinton’s progressive policies from the Senate,” he said in a January 2000 attack on then-GOP rival Rudy Giuliani.

Hizzoner gushed over her candidacy when he became her campaign manager.

“I think she’s a great candidate!” he said at the time.

The mayor also told The Buffalo News back then that Clinton would fight for the little guy, saying everyday Americans are “anxious for solutions and looking for advocacy.”

Clinton staked out centrist Democratic positions on taxes and welfare reform to broaden her appeal to upstate voters during her Senate run.

But her campaign made no secret of her liberal leanings, with then-spokesman Howard Wolfson vowing she would focus on “education, health care, children and family issues.”

After she beat Rick Lazio, de Blasio boasted about the doors opening to him as a result.

“I have a lot of options,” he said before deciding to run for a City Council seat.